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Tried to do a Google search came up nada! Lots of electric motor starter relays however!

Does it have mounting holes in the gear end of the motor or?

yes ,mounting holes in gear end

Randall,
Look for an engine with a helical cut ring gear on the flywheel and you will be getting close. ....N.

If you can get access to a Dyke's Manual for the "teens", there is usually a chart that lists the make of generator/starters for each popular car. Westinghouse systems were used on several cars but it may be difficult to narrow down the exact car that this particular one was used on unless you can get access to parts books for each car. The Dyke's that I have (1919) shows Westinghouse systems used on everything from American Beauty, Case,
Cunningham, Maxwell, etc to Pierce Arrow and Singer.

Figures 488 & 489 below show some information on the Westinghouse system, from Automotive Electricity 1925.



https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dl ... stinghouse

How early would the starter be. Did early cars in the early teens or earlier have them? Ford was an innovator so it must be sometime in the early era of T’s. Ford didn’t have them till 19.

That Westinghouse starter motor is from the mid 20's, they had earlier magnetic pinion shift starting motors in the 'teens, one from 1913 is a much larger square housing, and separate magnetic shift box.


1913 Brook's Handbook.

Don't know date of first starter, some were air, and the early electric makers were Bijur, Bosch, Rushmore, Northeast, Remy, Wagner, Gray and Davis, Dyneto, Delco, and Autolight. Most were direct to flywheel some to crank, then along came Mr. Bendix and things changed as to drive mechanism.